Excited States Make Common Nitroarenes Powerful Photocatalysts
Nitroarenes with the right excited-state configuration can catalyze light-driven reactions efficiently and sustainably
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High-Throughput Design of CoCu Catalysts for Sustainable Urea Production
Researchers developed a high-throughput approach to identify optimal CoCu catalysts for sustainable urea synthesis via NO₃⁻ and CO₂ co-reduction
Armin de Meijere (1939 – 2025)
German organic chemist known for exploring transition metal–catalyzed reactions for the synthesis of complex organic molecules has passed away
Mild, Bioinspired Iron Catalyst Enables Late-Stage Sulfilimination
Frédéric Avenier, France, discusses a simple iron-based method to attach an NH group to sulfides using an air-stable catalyst that works at room temperature
Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Atropisomers With Non-Adjacent Chiral C−B Bonds
The simultaneous construction of non-adjacent axial and flexible, acyclic central chirality using a single palladium catalyst
New Editor-in-Chief for Chemical Engineering & Technology and Chemie Ingenieur Technik
Dr. Shaista Tahir named as Editor-in-Chief of Chemical Engineering & Technology (CET) and Chemie Ingenieur Technik (CIT)
High Entropy Alloy Nanoaggregates for Oxygen Reduction
PtRhPdIrRu high-entropy alloy nanoaggregates show superior oxygen reduction performance, durability, and methanol tolerance compared to commercial Pt/C catalysts in fuel cells
Affinity-Driven DNA Hydrolysis by Engineering Ln-MOF Nuclease Nanozymes
Lanthanide MOF nanozymes break the Lewis acidity dogma—the conventional belief that catalytic activity is primarily determined by metal ion Lewis acidity—revealing an affinity-driven strategy for highly efficient artificial nucleases
Hybrid Hydrogels for Water Purification And Drug Synthesis
Dual-action Fmoc hydrogels remove toxic p-nitrophenol and show antibacterial activity, advancing eco-friendly water purification and green synthesis
New Strategy to Guide Exciton Coupling And Nanoscale Morphology in Aqueous Environment
Gustavo Fernández, Germany, discusses a molecular design strategy using amphiphilic aza-BODIPY dyes that enables precise tuning of exciton coupling (J-type vs oblique) and nanoscale morphology
Silver–Graphene Catalyst Drives Greener Quinoline Production
A silver oxide–graphene oxide catalyst enables fast, eco-friendly synthesis of quinoline analogues with up to 97% yield in 20 minutes
Optimized Quantum Dots for Rapid Visible-Light–Driven Click Chemistry
Zn₀.₁Cd₀.₉S quantum dots enable high-yield copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions under blue light, offering scalable, reusable, and sustainable catalytic performance
Rethinking Amines as Reactive Sites for Cross-Coupling in Drug Synthesis
A new Cu-catalyzed method converts native amines into reactive intermediates, enabling versatile cross-couplings and late-stage functionalization
Highly Active Ni/MgO Catalyst Converts CO₂ into Methane at Low Temperatures
New Ni/MgO catalyst efficiently converts CO₂ into methane at low temperatures, offering a durable, scalable solution for renewable energy storage
Probing Single-Particle Oxygen Evolution Reaction Kinetics in CoFe₂O₄
This study reveals how individual CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles drive oxygen evolution (OER), using nano-impact electrochemistry to uncover true catalytic behavior
High-Efficiency Photoelectrocatalytic Urea Synthesis
He Li, China, discusses using amorphous-like Cu–Zn atomic clusters on silicon nanowires to enable faster, more efficient urea formation
Design of Chromium(III) Chromophores with Independent Control of Redox and Optical Properties
Katja Heinze, Robert Naumann, and Steven Sittel (Mainz) synthesized a series of chromium(III) chromophores with identical optical properties but systematically tunable redox behavior to study photoredox mechanisms